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Poll Finds Many Believe QAnon and Other Conspiracy Theories (npr.org)
12 points by justin66 on Dec 30, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



What do you call a conspiracy theorist with evidence? A conspiracy theorist.

I'd like to know why so many people have become so convinced they have the Truth (with the capital). I haven't as much faith in the sunrise as some people seem to have in whatever the Ministries of Truth are saying today.


Can you blame them? It's a replay of the iraq war with embedded reporters, trying to keep people captivated at their television sets and keeping their money rolling in. I don't have TV anymore but when I visit family, it's mostly big pharma commercials and bizarre as hell to watch.


Much like people turned to Trump, people turned to alternative media because they feel the neoliberal establishment isn't telling them the 'truth.'

I don't blame them, but it is what it is. People act as if the government and "Large Media Corp" deserve to be trusted when the US is more than willing to foment unrest in foreign countries. Whose to say they aren't willing to manipulate the cattle within their own confines?




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